(ShareCast News) - Royal Dutch Shell's chief financial officer Simon Henry will retire after more than seven years in the role, to be succeeded by Jessica Uhl, who will take on the job with effect from 9 March. Henry will remain on the board as CFO until Uhl starts and will be available to her and t
Read moreLONDON, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell will replace Simon Henry as chief financial officer on March 9, 2017 with Jessica Uhl, a financial executive in Shell's gas business, the company said on Thursday. Henry will remain available to the company until June 30, 2017, Shell said. It gav
Read moreDec 14 (Reuters) - ** A strike at Royal Dutch Shell's 404,000 barrels per day (bpd) Pernis refinery in the Netherlands will continue until at least 1100 GMT on Thursday while the union votes on a new proposal from Shell, an FNV union spokesman said. ** The strike action over a pay dis
Read more(Adds Shell declining comment, paragraph 4) ABUJA, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Nigeria's lower house opened an investigation on Tuesday into an offshore oil field owned by Royal Dutch Shell and Eni, the latest inquiry into their acquisition of the OPL 245 licence block which could hold up to 9.23 bi
Read more* 'Inadequate management' cause of 75 incidents reviewed * BP trails other rivals in safety risk mitigation * 2015 internal report says 'highly material safety risks' remain (Adds details in paragraph 5) By Ron Bousso LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - BP's refining operations a
Read moreDec 13 (Reuters) - ** Royal Dutch Shell said that five-day strike at its 404,000 barrels per day (bpd) Pernis refinery in the Netherlands has led to lower production rates at certain units ** Parts of the production processes have been disrupted but the extent of the impact is uncerta
Read more* Shell looking at offshore wind in UK, Germany * Opportunities mean buying stakes in leases * Saved on Dutch project with early collaboration By Karolin Schaps LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell wants to buy into the British and German offshore wind markets as i
Read more* 'Inadequate management' cause of 75 incidents reviewed * BP trails other rivals in safety risk mitigation * 2015 internal report says 'highly material safety risks' remain By Ron Bousso LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - BP's refining operations are exposed to high safety risks
Read moreFRANKFURT, Dec 13 (Reuters) - German energy group E.ON has invested in a British start-up business that uses sails instead of rotors to harness wind energy. Kite Power Solutions (KPS) secured 6 million euros ($6.36 million) in a fresh funding round that, apart from E.ON, included oil indus
Read more(Repeats Dec. 12 item) LONDON, Dec 13 (Reuters) - A consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell beat 26 other bids for a contract to build 700 megawatts of offshore wind capacity, the Dutch government said as it announced plans for a further seven wind farms to be built in the next decade. Co
Read more(Adds further details, minister's quote, context) ROTTERDAM, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell beat 26 other bids for a contract to build 700 megawatts of offshore wind capacity, the Dutch government said as it announced plans for a further seven wind farms to be buil
Read moreROTTERDAM, Dec 12 (Reuters) - A consortium led by Royal Dutch Shell beat 26 other bidders to win a contract to build 700 megawatts of offshore wind capacity, offering a strike price of 54.50 euro cents per megawatt hour, Dutch economic affairs minister Henk Kamp said on Monday. Contractors
Read more(ShareCast News) - Evraz led its sector to the top of the leaderboard with its stock hitting a new 52-week high as steel rebar prices notched up fresh gains. Overnight, Chinese steel rebar futures rose from $500.1 a tonne to $524.5 even as Chinese securities traded mostly lower on news that the s
Read more(ShareCast News) - Oil prices shot higher after non-OPEC producers agreed to reduce their own output in parallel to the cut announced by the oil cartel on 30 November. Adding to the buying pressure in crude oil futures, shortly after the announcement OPEC linchpin Saudi Arabia said it would lower it
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